Improvement in casters for trunks



W. B. GOULD. Casters for Trunks.

No. 196,657. Patented Oct. 30, 1871 7 W136): 686 es: .[nven far: gi M76. 4.... I WWM 7 "PETERS, PHOTOLITHDGRAPMERQ WASHINGTON. D C

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. GOULD, or MONTBOSE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FCASTERS FOR TRUNKS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,657, dated October30, 1877; application filed September 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. GOULD, of Montrose, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, havefinvented a new andlmprovedTrImk-Roller, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is an' inner face view of my improved trunk-roller; Fig. 2, avertical section of the same on the line cc, Fig.1; Fig. 3, a Verticalsection of the same on the line K K,

Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a horizontal section of the same on the line 0 K, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention relates to the 'classof trunkrollers which are hung inplates .thatare supported on perforated plates, the ears of theroller-carrying plates passing through the perforations of thesupporting-plates.

The present invention consists in providing the supporting-plate withlips for strengthen- I ing and bracing the lugs that carry the roller;

also, in making the roller pintle or axle with ends which project farenough to prevent the separation of the two tation. I

The letter A in the drawing represents the roller proper, being a smallwheel of metal or other material. This roller is hung upon a pin orshaft, a, which is secured in two cars or lugs, 11 b, that project atright-angles, or nearly so, from a plate, B, of sheet or. cast metal.

7 O is another plate of sheet or cast metal, made with one or twoapertures long and wide enough to permit the ears or lugs b b to projectthroughthe same. The said aperture of the plate 0 is fringedwith pendentlips 01 d on two or more sides of the ears b b, and in plates duringtranspon.

contact therewith, as shown. The plate B is placed upon the plate 0 sothat the ears b project through said aperture. The roller and its axleare inserted after the plate B has been placed upon 0, in manner stated,and the axle then made long enough, as in Fig. 3, to render theseparation of the plates impossible. The article is thereby made compactand adapted for transportation. The plate 0 may be the lower win g of acorner-clamp, as indicated in Fig. 2 The plates are secured to the trunkby screws, nails, or bolts, that pass through them or through the plateC only, or in any other known manner. The plate B, which carries theroller, will be held very secure by the plate 0. The projecting lips dsteady the plate B and roller horizontally, and render the connection ofthe roller with the trimk very firm. When the plate B is combined .witha corner-clamp it will hold the roller securely, without exposing theclamp to severe strain, when the roller is struck in handling the trunk.

I claim as my invention 1. The plate B, having ears I) b, and roller A,combined with the plate 0, which is perforated to admit the ears I) b,and with the projecting pin at, whose ends prevent the withdrawal of theplate B from the plate 0, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The plate B, having earsb b, and roller A, combined with theperforated plate 0, having the projecting lips d, substantially asherein shown and described.

WM. B. GOULD.

Witnesses:

Gno. R. JA UEs, A. v. BRIESEN.

